CVE-2023-33838 IBM Security Verify Governance information disclosure
IBM Security Verify Governance uses unsalted hashes for passwords, allowing attackers to potentially recover credentials via rainbow tables.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2023-33838?
CVE-2023-33838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Security Verify Governance, published on 29 Jan 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Verify Governance 10.0.2 Identity Manager
uses a one-way cryptographic hash against an input that should not be reversible, such as a password, but the product does not also use a salt as part of the input.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-33838?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Verify Governance.
How do I fix CVE-2023-33838?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-33838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2023-33838 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-33838 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Governance
- CVE-2025-36003 IBM Security Verify Governance Identity Manager information disclosure
- CVE-2023-33839 IBM Security Verify Governance command execution
- CVE-2023-35019 IBM Security Verify Governance command execution
- CVE-2022-22466 IBM Security Verify Governance information disclosure
- CVE-2023-35016 IBM Security Verify Governance path traversal
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2gv7-cc99-m2pr.